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United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)
The United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) was an eight-year American military government in which the US Navy seized legislative and executive functions and controlled customs revenues.
United States occupation of Veracruz
The United States occupation of Veracruz (Ocupación estadounidense de Veracruz) was the seven-month US seizure of the Mexican port of Veracruz in 1914, during the Mexican Revolution.
United States of Al
United States of Al is a CBS multi-camera sitcom (2021-2022, 35 episodes) created by David Goetsch and Maria Ferrari for Chuck Lorre, starring Adhir Kalyan as Afghan interpreter Al and Parker Young as Marine veteran Riley; canceled after two seasons amid representation criticism.
United States of America Mathematical Olympiad
USAMO (USA Mathematical Olympiad): MAA-run, proof-based national olympiad, six problems in nine hours over two days, qualifier via AMC/AIME, feeding MOP and US IMO team selection.
United States of Colombia
The United States of Colombia (Estados Unidos de Colombia) was the federal Colombian state of 1863 to 1886, formed by nine sovereign states under the Constitution of Rionegro.
United States of Greater Austria
United States of Greater Austria (Vereinigte Staaten von Groß-Österreich): Aurel Popovici's unrealized 1906 plan to federalize Austria-Hungary into 15 ethnic states under the Emperor, linked to Franz Ferdinand and Charles I's 1918 manifesto.
United States of Indonesia
Republik Indonesia Serikat (RIS), United States of Indonesia, Verenigde Staten van Indonesië: Dutch-created federal state, 27 December 1949 to 17 August 1950, 16 entities, Sukarno president, Hatta premier, dissolved into unitary Republic.
United States of Tara
United States of Tara: Showtime comedy-drama (2009-2011, 3 seasons, 36 episodes) created by Diablo Cody, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Emmy-winning Toni Collette as Tara Gregson, a Kansas mother with dissociative identity disorder and alters T, Buck, and Alice.
United States of the Ionian Islands
The United States of the Ionian Islands was a Greek-speaking island state in the Ionian Sea, nominally independent under British protection from 1815 to 1864.
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), formerly the United States Olympic Committee, is the nonprofit that fields American Olympic and Paralympic teams from Colorado Springs.
United States one-dollar bill
The United States one-dollar bill is a Federal Reserve note bearing George Washington and the Great Seal, unchanged since 1963 and among the most common US bills.
United States one-hundred-dollar bill
The United States one-hundred-dollar bill is the highest US denomination in circulation, bearing Benjamin Franklin's portrait and Independence Hall, and accounts for 82 percent of US currency value.
United States one-hundred-thousand-dollar bill
The United States one-hundred-thousand-dollar bill is a Series 1934 Gold Certificate bearing Woodrow Wilson's portrait, the highest denomination US paper money ever issued, never circulated to the public.
United States one-thousand-dollar bill
The United States one-thousand-dollar bill was a high-denomination banknote used mainly for interbank and wholesale transactions, discontinued by the Federal Reserve and Treasury in 1969.
United States order of precedence
The United States order of precedence is an advisory State Department ranking of officials used for seating and speaking order at official events, first formalized in 1908.
United States Pacific Fleet
The United States Pacific Fleet is the U.S. Navy's fleet command for the Pacific Ocean area, headquartered at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and fields about 180 ships and 125,000 personnel.
United States passport
United States passport: travel document issued by the U.S. Secretary of State proving identity and U.S. citizenship or nationality. Book valid 10 years for all international travel; passport card (2008) for land and sea entry from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean only.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the Commerce Department agency that grants U.S. patents and registers trademarks, with over 13,000 employees, headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, and a history dating to the 1790 patent statute.
United States PCS spectrum auction
The United States PCS spectrum auctions were FCC license sales beginning in 1994 that allocated Personal Communications Services spectrum by competitive bidding, raising about $24 billion by 1997.
United States Penitentiary, Coleman
United States Penitentiary, Coleman (USP Coleman I and II) are high-security federal prisons in Sumterville, Florida, part of FCC Coleman, which also includes FCI Coleman Low and Medium; about 5,810 inmates across four institutions.
United States Penitentiary, Florence High
The United States Penitentiary, Florence High (USP Florence High) is a high-security federal prison for men in Florence, Colorado, activated in November 1994 beside the ADX supermax.
United States Penitentiary, Hazelton
USP Hazelton (United States Penitentiary Hazelton) is a high-security federal prison for men in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, part of FCC Hazelton; known for the Challenge Program, repeated CIC inspections, the 2018 stabbing homicides and Bulger transfer.
United States Penitentiary, Lee
The United States Penitentiary, Lee is a high-security federal prison for men in Pennington Gap, Virginia, opened around 2001 and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
United States Penitentiary, Marion
USP Marion, a Federal Bureau of Prisons penitentiary in Williamson County, Illinois, opened 1963; the only level-six federal prison from 1978 and the first federal supermax after 1983, now medium security with SOMP and a CMU.
United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute
USP Terre Haute is a high-security federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, opened in 1940 as the first wall-less federal penitentiary; it houses federal death row in its Special Confinement Unit and is the site of all federal executions since 2001.
United States Penitentiary, Tucson
USP Tucson is a high-security federal penitentiary for male inmates in Tucson, Arizona, activated in 2006, part of FCC Tucson with FCI Tucson and a satellite camp; overseen via DOJ OIG, CIC, and PREA audits.
United States Pharmacopeia
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP), published with the National Formulary as USP–NF, sets legally recognized quality standards for medicines in the United States since 1820.
United States Physics Olympiad
The United States Physics Olympiad (USAPhO), run by the AAPT and AIP, selects U.S. high school students through two exams for the International Physics Olympiad team.
United States Poet Laureate
The United States Poet Laureate, officially the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, is the national poet of the United States, appointed by the Librarian of Congress.
United States Polo Association
United States Polo Association (USPA), founded 1890 as The Polo Association, is the national governing body of polo in the United States, based at the National Polo Center in Wellington, Florida, with over 275 clubs and the U.S. Polo Assn. licensed brand.